Bournemouth - Arsenal
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00:00So, to the teams, and three changes for each today.
00:05In the case of Andoni Iraiola and Volnutt, that's a response to a 1-0 defeat at Leicester in their last game.
00:11Chelsea loanee Kepa Aritha Balaga continues in goal.
00:15There's one alteration to the back four, where the Mexican, Julian Araujo,
00:19replaces the veteran Adam Smith, who reverts to the bench.
00:23Brian Christie gets a rest after seeing duty with Scotland,
00:26so Alex Scott comes into midfield alongside the industrious Lewis Cook.
00:30Dunga Watara is drafted in at the expense of Justin Kluivert.
00:34Semenya is the leading scorer with three goals.
00:36Evan Nielsen, a club record £40m signing from Porto, only has one.
00:41And a notable inclusion on the bench, the American, Tyler Adams,
00:44all set for his first appearance of the season.
00:50Many of the Gunners' injury concerns, as expressed by Mikel Arteta in the build-up, have disappeared.
00:55However, there is one new major absentee, of which more in a moment.
00:59David Rye a starting goal, as per usual.
01:02And Ben White is back from injury to play it right back.
01:05Still no Timber or Tomiyasu, Calafiore continues on the left.
01:10Thomas Partey reverts to his more familiar midfield role,
01:13and then a first start for summer signing Mikel Moreno.
01:16The big news is that Bukayo Saka misses out with a slight hamstring issue.
01:20So Sterling and Trossard provide the width,
01:23and Kai Havertz looks to score for the fifth consecutive game.
01:27Sinchenko's involved for the first time since August, named as a substitute.
01:31And Tommy Setford is the reserve keeper, because Neto isn't allowed to face his parent club.
01:43The whistle of Rob Jones from Merseyside gets us underway.
01:47Bournemouth have only ever beaten Arsenal once.
01:50That was here in 2018.
01:54Declan Rice.
02:05Poor defender.
02:07Arsenal will take that all day.
02:15Yeah, let's give away Scott, Semenyov, and Rye's got away with it.
02:24Oh, no.
02:38Oh, dear.
02:40Contact from Saliba, and a decision for referee Rob Jones.
02:45It's a tough one, John.
02:48The ball is quite a way away from Evan Nielsen.
02:51It's a clear tuck, isn't it?
02:53Yeah, I thought it might be yellow.
02:55Ben White was round on the cover.
03:04I'd like to see, oh, here we go, a wider angle.
03:07Could Ben White have got there first? No, absolutely not.
03:12Ben White's not getting round, is he? Not at all.
03:15Not to the ball first, anyway.
03:22Rob Jones is right down in front of us,
03:24and we can see him in earnest discussion,
03:27but it is going to be yellow,
03:30upgraded to red,
03:32and William Saliba has been sent off
03:35for the first time in his senior career.
03:45The previous two games, they played a man short,
03:48both ended as draws against Brighton and Manchester City.
03:51Here's Semenyov.
03:53Good block by Gabriel.
03:56The one was an absolute rayguard.
04:01Trossard.
04:06Sterling.
04:15Mourinho.
04:18Within three or four minutes of the red card,
04:20a very clear chance for the depleted Gunners.
04:26Scott.
04:30Semenyov, there was some hesitation from Kibio.
04:35Spills loose, and Tavernier
04:38finds his follow-up ever blocked.
04:45White.
04:48Rice.
04:50Partey.
04:56Declan Rice.
05:00And Partey.
05:0420 past six in the evening local time.
05:18Evan Nielsen.
05:23Araujo.
05:27Early, good overhead.
05:33So thoughts on the half as a whole, Evan?
05:37A really average 25, 30 minutes.
05:40It's only come to life a little bit since the sending off.
05:43There's certainly been a little bit more energy in the crowd,
05:46a little bit more urgency as well.
05:48You have to say from the Bournemouth players,
05:50Arsenal have not really provided much going forward.
05:53Raheem Sterling with the best moments in terms of possession
05:56in the final third.
05:58He'd be semi-satisfied at Arteta,
06:00that they've had to defend the last few minutes or so
06:02without ten men,
06:04but Arreola perhaps a little bit disappointed
06:06at not testing the goalkeeper.
06:08Top of the half-time agenda,
06:10the decision of Rob Jones via VAR
06:12to send off William Saliba
06:14for the first time in his senior career.
06:16Arsenal down to ten,
06:18but level on the score sheet, it's Bournemouth nil,
06:20Arsenal nil.
06:24So a genuine chance for Bournemouth
06:26to add to their solitary win
06:28against Arsenal,
06:30which came back here in January of 2018.
06:33Two of the players now on the field for the Cherries,
06:36Lewis Cook and Adam Smith,
06:38played on what is a famous day in these parts at least.
06:41They give the Gunners a 19% chance of winning the title.
06:44Here's Watara, and there's Calafiori.
06:49Adam Smith reels it in for Bournemouth.
06:53Semenyoh now.
06:57The guided header by Tavernier.
07:00Senastera.
07:12He allows the collision to go.
07:16Here's Senastera.
07:19Play off-white for Bournemouth.
07:28Cook.
07:29Clivert.
07:30Christie!
07:35The set-piece kings are undone
07:38by a set-piece.
07:40By a set-piece.
07:42He just opens his body out and flicks it inside.
07:44Superbly worked on the finish.
07:46Look at the composure from Ryan Christie.
07:49Measured.
07:50Keeps his foot over the football side,
07:52foot away from the goalkeeper.
07:54And it's so easy to hit the body, isn't it, right there.
07:56One or two Arsenal defenders have gone beyond the ball,
07:58you can't blame them for that.
08:02Such a delicate touch from Justin Clivert
08:04inside the box, isn't it?
08:06Had to be absolutely perfect, it was.
08:08Just hope that the man you're looking for
08:10is in the right spot.
08:12Christie was.
08:14They've got him in store this time.
08:19Christie's corner.
08:22Wrestling going on.
08:24And then it was Semenya who seized on the loose ball
08:27as Bournemouth appeal for a penalty.
08:31Cook.
08:33Evan Nielsen.
08:34And Kivius left it short.
08:36Evan Nielsen in.
08:37He goes down under the challenge of the goalkeeper.
08:40And Bournemouth have a penalty.
08:46And the referee
08:49with finger pressed to ear
08:53has had one reach towards his pocket
08:55then pulled his hand back.
09:02I don't think he'll be overturned yet.
09:04Just has a look.
09:05Evan Nielsen at the goalkeeper.
09:07Rye's already sort of halfway down,
09:09almost out of ground by the time they make contact.
09:11David Rye,
09:13who doesn't have a great penalty-saving record.
09:15Having said that, he saved spectacularly from Retigi
09:18in the Champions League
09:20at Atalanta recently.
09:22And he saved the follow-up.
09:25This goes in.
09:26There doesn't seem to be a way back
09:28for the ten men of Arsenal.
09:29No, this is the match right here.
09:36It's Justin Kluivert.
09:38And this is the stuff of fantasy
09:41for the Cherries of Bournemouth.
09:53This might tell us.
09:54Yeah, there's a second look.
09:58Smooth.
10:00And well-deserved.
10:03His dad would have been proud of that.
10:06Those stares in the lower divisions.
10:10Some found light to still call on Boscombe, actually.
10:13Here's Gabriel.
10:16Done and dusted yet for Bournemouth, of course.
10:20A magnet for Retirees.
10:24It'll be a thunderous noise in a moment or two.
10:28Here's Enes Unal.
10:29Oh, didn't see it early enough, didn't...
10:32Turn his body around.
10:33A bit short with the pass also.
10:36One of the greatest days
10:39in the chequered history of AFC Bournemouth.
10:43And a really bad day at the office
10:45for Arteta at Arsenal.
10:48The most surprising result of the season so far
10:52achieved through goals from Christie and Kluivert.
10:56Saliba sent off in the first half.
10:59Being in the Premier League
11:01for a club like Bournemouth,
11:03days like this provide a memorable cherry on the top.
11:07Bournemouth 2-0 Arsenal.